That's what I'd like to do after a hard day of dealing with terrible technology: troubleshoot my light bulbs. Just picture it: the baby is crying, the wife is upset at you because your light bulbs aren't working correctly. You're logging into some web interface, googling, and power cycling. They could have been built better, your versions of out of date and cannot receive firmware updates. Nothing's working, so you're driving to the store to buy normal light bulbs.
I only hope that more devices are only available as "smart" devices.
There's a lot to unpack here, such as your wife getting mad AT YOU for something outside of your control. That's not a tech problem.
I will say that every bulb and switch I have replaced with a Hue stuff is in a box in my garage. I didn't just throw them all away. If I ever reach a point where I'm done with the product I can just pull the old bulbs and switches and be back in action in 30 minutes. No biggie.
I set up two automations that my family adores. There's a plex webhook that dims/raises the lights just like a movie theater when we play something. In my daughters room, I set up an IR wand to "cast a spell" that dims her lights and plays her stories at bedtime.
Took a non-trivial amount of troubleshooting time to get working, but I'm happy to do it because I have the skills to do it and it's memorable for the family. What's a better use of my ability to work with terrible technology than making my family's life a little nicer?
